Dave joins the Cycling Cicerone and talks about open Peddler Brewery over in Ballard. We talk about lager beers, wholesaling, and combining passions! Bikes and beers? For some reason that one sounds familiar!

Cycling Cicerone, Podcast 31-60Andrew BieberDecember 14, 2018craft beer, podcast, bike, beerComment

Populuxe - Washington Beer Talk #38

Populuxe is a killer brewery that has grown a ton since it’s start in 2013, but despite that, it’s still the smallest brewery in Ballard and certainly close to the smallest in Seattle! Peter Charbonnier shares.

Cycling Cicerone, Podcast 31-60Andrew BieberDecember 7, 2018craft beer, podcast, bike, beer Comment

Outlander - Washington Beer Talk #37

Outlander is going through a time of turmoil! We caught them right after the founders sold the brewery to a pair of enterprising first time entrepreneurs. An experienced assistant brewer rises to the top. With the founders out of the picture, the new owners Angela and Johnny have to figure out how to run a brewery with Jason’s help

Cycling Cicerone, Podcast 31-60Andrew BieberNovember 30, 2018craft beer, podcast, bike, beerComment

WeldWerks - Washington Beer Talk #36

I bop down to Greely, Colorado and try out a mainstay brewery of the ranching town. WeldWorks talks about ABinBev stealing hop contracts, barrel aged beers, hazy IPAs, and more!

Cycling Cicerone, Podcast 31-60Andrew BieberNovember 23, 2018craft beer, podcast, bike, beerComment

Fulton - Washington Beer Talk #35

Back to Minneapolis for a bit. Ryan Petz, co founder and CEO of Fulton Brewery talks about contract brewing

Cycling Cicerone, Podcast 31-60Andrew BieberNovember 15, 2018craft beer, podcast, bike, beerComment

Chuckanut - Washington Beer Talk #34

Time for a Bellingham staple: Chuckanut. Will and Mari show off what a legacy of brewing can do to make killer lagers

Cycling Cicerone, Podcast 31-60Andrew BieberNovember 9, 2018craft beer, podcast, bike, beerComment

Illuminati - Washington Beer Talk #33

Continuing the Bellingham Washington Series is Illuminati. A winery turned brewery that took some serious lobbying to make possible. Bill answers Marry Bang Kill: Sierra Nevada, Fullers, and Reuben’s?

Cycling Cicerone, Podcast 31-60Andrew BieberNovember 2, 2018craft beer, podcast, bike, beerComment

Wander - Washington Beer Talk #32

The family that brews together, stays together… that’s how that phrase goes right? Chad and Coleen are a brewing family. Wander is their 20 barrel brew house that is several steps larger than others just starting out. Wander was designed from the get go to be a production scale brewery. Chad tells us how he and Coleen juggle their growing family while their brewery grows into it’s bones.

Wander was an especially noisy brewery and I experimented with some new noise removal processes. Like what you hear? Leave a comment!

Cycling Cicerone, Podcast 31-60Andrew BieberOctober 26, 2018craft beer, podcast, bike, beerComment

Aslan - Washington Beer Talk #31

Aslan Brewery is an organic brewery and a B Corporation focused on their triple bottom line - People and Planet then finally Profit. Jack Lamb and his co-founders started Aslan much like any other brewery, but despite the self-imposed, margin-slashing decision to go certified organic, they grew quickly to be one of Washington’s top 25 largest breweries. Lamb is on a mission to make beer be the first thing when you hear Aslan, not a lion from the other side of a wardrobe. And yes, I ask him right off the bat how a guy named Lamb went straight for the lion themed brewery.

Cycling Cicerone, Podcast 31-60Andrew BieberOctober 18, 2018craft beer, podcast, bike, beerComment

Surly Brewery - Washington Beer Talk #30

Surly Brewery is the last brewery on the Minneapolis tour and the biggest brewery I’ve talked to yet. At well over a 100,000 barrels, they smash most of the other small breweries and blast through the legal barrel limits for selling growlers and self distribution. What’s insane though is that Surly is really only 12 years old. What sets them apart from other breweries? Let’s listen to Ben Smith, Head Brewer at their massive production facility and tourist attracting brewpub to find out

Cycling Cicerone, PodcastAndrew BieberOctober 12, 2018craft beer, podcast, bike, minneapolis, beer, willows lodgeComment

Head Flyer Brewing - Washington Beer Talk #29

We’re nearing the end of the Minneapolis journey. This week we have Head Flyer, a new brewery at only about a year and a half old. Neil is a straight shooter who plays it by the books. I see if, after a couple of beers, I can goad some real talk out of him, like how his young brewery pulled together funding for their beautiful tap room or how he manages juggling his young children, running the brewery, working his day job, and keeping up with his Netflix queue. Sweat on his brow, I’m sure he was ready for a nice chance to breath, sit down with a beer, and to have an easy little chat about brews. Sorry, not today. Let’s see if we can sweat some answers out of him.

Cycling Cicerone, PodcastAndrew BieberOctober 5, 2018craft beer, podcast, bike, minneapolis, beer, willows lodge, sumerian, woodinville beer, WoodinvilleComment

Burning Brothers - Washington Beer Talk #28

Tom and Dane are the Burning Brothers, ex flame swallowers turned gluten free beer brewers. Dane missed the day, but standing in for him is Dominic, the sales manager and together with Tom we here about the advantages and disadvantages of being a gluten free brewery

Sumerian Brewery - Washington Beer Talk #27

Mark and Holly talk about growing a brewery to production scale and who they would marry, bang, and kill along the way!

Cycling Cicerone, PodcastAndrew BieberSeptember 21, 2018craft beer, podcast, bike, minneapolis, beer, willows lodge, sumerian, woodinville beer, WoodinvilleComment

Lake Monster - Washington Beer Talk #26

Matt and Matt share some seriously good advice and banter their way through telling me all about Lake Monster Brewery back in Minneapolis

Cycling Cicerone, PodcastAndrew BieberSeptember 14, 2018craft beer, podcast, bike, minneapolis, minnesota, st paul, beerComment

Woodinville Revisited and Willows Lodge

This week I visited Willows Lodge, right in the heart of Woodinville’s wine and beer country. The beer scene out there has changed a lot in just a short year and there is more to explore!

Middleton Brewery - Washington Beer Talk #25

Geoff Middleton gives us the small brewery scoop and lets us play with the dogos.

Cycling Cicerone, PodcastAndrew BieberSeptember 7, 2018craft beer, podcast, bike, beer, beer tourismComment

Everett Beer Week - Bike With The Brewers

Everett Beer Week Starts this week and this Sunday, yours truly is leading the bike and beer ride! See you Sunday September 9th for a killer ride to all five of Everetts breweries!

Lakes and Legends - Washington Beer Talk #24

Lakes and Legends is a brewery almost as big as a city block. They specialize in farmhouse Belgian Styles. Jason Glowinski tells us all about it in this weeks Washington Beer Talk

Cycling Cicerone, PodcastAndrew BieberAugust 29, 2018craft beer, podcast, bike, minneapolis, minnesota, st paul, beer, beer tourism, lakes and legendsComment

St Pauls Flat Earth - Washington Beer Talk #23

Franco, joined by Hannah, tells us all about Flat Earth Brewery in St Paul. Built out in the old Hamm’s brewery, this place has quite the story.

Cycling Cicerone, PodcastAndrew BieberAugust 23, 2018craft beer, podcast, bike, minneapolis, minnesota, st paul, flat earth, beerComment

Casey Neill and The Norway Rats - Washington Beer Talk Bonus

Casey Neill talks about the journey to stardom in this special episode of Washington Beer Talk. Join Casey Neill and The Norway Rats at the Gigantic Bicycle Fest August 24-26!

Cycling Cicerone, PodcastAndrew BieberAugust 16, 2018craft beer, podcast, bike, wine, mountain biking, music, indie, gigantic bicycle fest, casey neill, Norway RatsComment

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